Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1468 The New Universe of God
"Oh, so you're going to launch an attack directly?"

Judai looked at Hope, who had begun to gather his strength, and the Royal Spear, which was glowing.

"So, that equipment has effects other than increasing attack power?"

“Exactly,” Yuma laughed. “When the monster equipped with Unicorn King Lance is in battle with the opponent, it negates the effects of the opponent's monster that is the target of the battle!”

Jaden: "Lava Neos?"

Lava Neos's attack power mostly comes from his own monster effects. Once those effects are nullified, he is left with only the 500-point attack power boost from the field spell "Neospace," and he must also accept the 1000-point reduction effect from Hope's effect.

【Elemental Hero - Lava Neos, Attack Power 2500】

"Go, Royal Lance Hope!" Yuma thrusts both palms forward, "Break through the Lava Neos!"

A vortex of light condensed on Hope's spear, shooting out with a whooshing sound. Lava Neos Warrior unleashed another lava fireball with a palm strike, but the fireball was pierced through by the Royal Spear upon contact, the golden spear energy continuing its relentless trajectory, piercing Neos Warrior's chest.

[10th generation, LP4000 → LP1100]

Judai raised his arm to shield himself, but the shockwave made him stagger and stagger backward.

“Looks like we were careless,” Yubel said from the side.

"It seems so." Jaden steadied himself, but still smiled. "Because the opponent is unexpectedly strong."

Many students around felt the same way.

So strong!

This contrast is especially striking compared to Yuma's previous image of being repeatedly defeated in battle.

Was this kid really that strong?
"Good! At this rate, we're almost catching up in terms of health!"

Horse trail.

"The round is over."

Judai dusted himself off: "Looks like I'll have to show you some real skills too."

Yuma was taken aback: "Huh? You're not serious about this yet?"

"Haha, I guess so. But I'd better watch out from now on. My turn, draw a card!"

Judai simply waved his hand and flipped the ball over to the backcourt.

“Activate the face-down card, the Trap Card ‘Hope for the Future’!” Jaden said. “When you have ‘Elemental HERO Neos’ on your field, you can activate it by sending a card from your hand to the Graveyard using ‘Fusion’.”

He then revealed the Fusion Spell Card from his hand and sent it to the Graveyard.

"Select one Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck that uses 'Elemental HERO Neos' as Fusion Material, send any number of Fusion Material Monsters listed in that monster's description from your Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon that monster from your Fusion Deck!"

Jaden drew a large number of cards from his deck in one go.

"I sent all six cards from my deck, namely 'Elemental HERO Neos' and Neo Spacian: Earth Mole, Water Dolphin, Flame Beetle, Radiant Moss, and Sky Hummingbird, to the graveyard for a Sixfold Fusion!"

"Sixfold fusion!?" Yuma exclaimed in surprise.

As Neo-Universe Knight flew into the air, the other new spaces appeared one by one on the field, transforming into colorful orbs of light that were then superimposed onto Neo-Universe Knight.

All the energy flowed into Xinyuxia's body, seemingly causing a dramatic qualitative change. Xinyuxia was bathed in golden light, and in an instant, he burst forth with godlike brilliance.

Elemental Heroes: Divine Universe Warrior!

【Elemental HERO - Divine Neos, ATK 3000】 The physical card of Divine Neos not only had its effect weakened, but its ATK was also changed to 2500, while the original ATK was 3000.

"The Shinpu Hero?" Yuma exclaimed excitedly. "Oh, it looks like a really powerful monster!"

"The real show is about to begin!" Jaden shouted. "The effect of 'Neocrystia' is that if you banish a monster with 'Neocrystia' in its name from your Deck, you gain that monster's effect and your own ATK increases by 500!"
"I'm banishing 'New Trick Room Dark Panther' from my deck!"

A mass of black, mud-like substance coalesced and transformed into the shape of a leopard. The jet-black leopard soared into the air and merged into Shen Xinyuxia's body. A dark glint briefly flashed in Xinyuxia's eyes.

"The effect of New Spaceman Dark Panther is that once per turn, you can choose any monster on your opponent's field and gain the same card name and monster effect as that monster!"

"What I choose to copy is, of course, CNO.39, Hope of Emperor Hope!"

As he spoke, a glint flashed in Shen Xinyuxia's eyes, and it seemed as if Hope's image was reflected in them. The next moment, Hope's image was reflected, and the warrior's phantom seemed to be superimposed onto Shen Xinyuxia.

The next moment, the same golden light emanating from Shen Xinyuxia's body, just like that of Hopeley, began to emanate. The power merged into Xinyuxia's body, as if two Hopeleys were confronting each other.

Yuma: "Huh? They actually gave Hope a taste of that?"

“Calm down, Yuma. Hope is an Xyz Monster,” Astral said. “Even if you copy Hope’s effects, you can’t use it without Chaos Xyz Material.”

Yuma: "Yes, yes."

Xyz Monsters require Xyz Materials to activate their effects; even if a regular monster copies its ability, it's useless, at most it only gains the resistance to be destroyed by battles with monsters other than No. 1. But in the current situation, this can obviously be ignored.

"It's a bit of a shame I can't use Hope's effect, but that wasn't my goal to begin with." Jaden smiled mysteriously and said, "Next, I'm going to activate this card!"
Open the face-down card, revealing the Trap Card 'Power Concentration'!

Yuma: "Power...intensity? What's that?"

Yuma was still in a daze, but Astral had already reacted: "Oh no, Yuma!"

"The effect of Power Concentration is to select one face-up monster on the field. Equip all Equip Cards on the field to the selected monster."

If the target is incorrect, those equipment cards must be destroyed.

Yuma was stunned: "Equipment card?"

He looked at the Unicorn King Gunner on his field with a blank expression.

"Ah, you..."

“That’s right, I’m going to use ‘Elemental HERO: God Neos’ as the target and activate the Power Convergence!” Jaden said, “Then I’ll equip ‘Unicorn King Lance’ on ‘Elemental HERO: God Neos’!”

The Royal Spear vanished from Hope's hand in an instant, and a flurry of golden light condensed, solidifying into a dazzling spear in Hope's hand!
"Eh?!?!?!" Yuma exclaimed in surprise, "The Different Heat Convergence Weapon has been..."

Astral exclaimed, "What he wanted to replicate wasn't the effect of Hope, but the card name!"

Because the current Neos has acquired the card name Hope, it was recognized by Unicorn King Lance as a monster with the "correct equipment target".

【CNO.39 Hope Emperor Hope, Attack Power 4400 → Attack Power 2500】

[Elemental Hero - Divine Neo-Warrior, Attack Power 3500 → Attack Power 5400]

"Let's fight, God Neos!" Judai declared. "Attack player 'CNO.39 Hope Emperor Hopeley'!"

Shining wings of light unfurled behind Shen Xinyuxia, transforming him into a shooting star as he charged forward. He thrust the Unicorn King Spear forward, piercing Hope's chest with unstoppable momentum.

Even Hope probably never imagined that one day she would be instantly killed by the Heterogeneous Concentric Weapon.

[Yuma, LP900 → LP0]

(End of this chapter)